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'''Larry Mermelstein''' was a close student of the Venerable [[Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche]], Tibetan Buddhist meditation master and scholar, and is empowered as a senior teacher, or acharya, by [[Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche]], the son and dharma heir of Trungpa Rinpoche. He has been the executive director of the [[Nalanda Translation Committee]] for over twenty years, translating Buddhist texts from Tibetan and Sanskrit into English. [[The Rain of Wisdom]] (Shambhala: 1980) and [[The Life of Marpa the Translator]] (Shambhala: 1982) are two of the committee's many publications.  
'''Jeffrey Hopkins''' is Professor of Religious Studies in Charlottesville, at the University of Virginia, where he has taught Tibetan Studies and Tibetan language since 1973. He has published numerous articles and books. At the University of Virginia he served as Director of the Center for South Asian Studies for twelve years and founded a program in Buddhist Studies. From 1979 to 1989, he served as His Holiness the Dalai Lama's chief interpreter into English.
A former managing editor of [[Shambhala Publications]], Larry has edited dozens of books on Buddhism and related topics, and has been one of our editors since 1978. He is married and has one daughter, and resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
P. Jeffrey Hopkins, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin), Professor; Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies. 434-924-6716, email: JHopkins@virginia.edu
 
Buddhism in Tibet and India, doctrinal systems, tantric systems and practices, and structural and therapeutic psychology. Oral traditions of Tibetan philosophy and practice. Tibetan language and grammar. Special interest in the Tibetan cultural region from the fourteenth century to the present.  
[http://www.shambhala.org/teachers/acharya/lmermelstein.html full bio]


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Jeffrey Hopkins is Professor of Religious Studies in Charlottesville, at the University of Virginia, where he has taught Tibetan Studies and Tibetan language since 1973. He has published numerous articles and books. At the University of Virginia he served as Director of the Center for South Asian Studies for twelve years and founded a program in Buddhist Studies. From 1979 to 1989, he served as His Holiness the Dalai Lama's chief interpreter into English. P. Jeffrey Hopkins, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin), Professor; Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies. 434-924-6716, email: JHopkins@virginia.edu Buddhism in Tibet and India, doctrinal systems, tantric systems and practices, and structural and therapeutic psychology. Oral traditions of Tibetan philosophy and practice. Tibetan language and grammar. Special interest in the Tibetan cultural region from the fourteenth century to the present.

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